Starting a fitness routine may be easy. However, sticking with the routine seems to be the hard part. The first few weeks, we’re pumped to start working out, then life gets in the way, or we don’t see the results…
For years, procrastination and fear of surgery kept area farmer Mike Conrady, 48, from considering surgery for his hips. Finally, at age 45, when nothing eased the pain and he couldn’t sleep at night, he met with Dr. Tomasz Borowiecki,…
Even camels can die from dehydration—those humps are filled with fat, not water. But you don’t have to exist in a desert to be vulnerable to the symptoms and effects of dehydration, especially during the summer when increased activity and…
When it comes to weight management and obesity, the internet is a grab bag of conflicting information, all touting itself as accurate. Luckily, Memorial Bariatric Services, part of the Memorial Weight Loss & Wellness Center, has the facts in an area riddled…
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone,” said British novelist Anthony Burgess, who may or may not have been speaking from experience. Lori Valentine, RN, respiratory therapist and director of Memorial’s Home Services Durable Medical…
It’s easy to think, “Oh, I didn’t eat too much today,” until you actually start listing off everything you ingested. That’s the thinking behind the need to log food intake. According to Angie Sebree, registered dietitian with the Memorial Weight…
On Oct. 8, 2013, George Rudis began his day the way he always does—with a run at the Sacred Heart-Griffin track. For the 62-year-old Springfield native and lifelong athlete in training for a marathon, everything seemed normal. “I got up…
Before receiving knee replacement surgery, Libby Rambach took advantage of Memorial Medical Center’s patient optimization program to improve her outcomes. “Everything was tailored to what I wanted to do and what my outcomes were,” she explained in the video below.
Chronic wounds affect more than 5 million people throughout the nation. These wounds don’t heal like others do, lasting three months or longer—even years. A lot of these stem from vascular issues, related to the lower extremities. Some are related…
Tori Seward, 33, knows from experience that a stroke can happen to anyone at any age at any time. Last June, the hairdresser with the infectious smile suffered a vertebral artery dissection in her neck, which led to a brain…